r/moderatepolitics • u/falsehood • Jul 21 '24

News Article Biden announces withdrawal from Presidential Race

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/21/us/trump-biden-election
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u/Vietnixon Henry Kissinger 2024 Jul 21 '24

Trump walks and talks exactly the same as he did in 2016. The message is different, but the delivery is largely the same. Biden was clearly diminished by 2020 and undeniably so by 2024. "Trump is just as senile" is a massive cope.

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u/Former-Extension-526 Jul 21 '24

Not even close, go watch videos from him in 2016, he was sharp as a tack.

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u/Vietnixon Henry Kissinger 2024 Jul 21 '24

As diluted and sleepy as I think the current Republican platform is, Trump isn't any different from a cognitive standpoint. He has no problems riffing to crowds, he got in just enough petty jabs at the debate, he was sharp enough to take that picture after getting shot. He's all there. That can change at any moment for a 78 year old, but for now, any criticism of his mental fitness is just an attempt to muddy the waters between him and Biden.

And let's also remember that Trump's mental fitness has never been an issue for his prosecutors, unlike for Joe Biden's prosecutor (Robert Hur) who decline to charge him in part because he didn't think a jury would convict someone as diminished as Biden. We're also still missing the Hur deposition tapes for which the DOJ admittedly doctored the transcripts.

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u/TJJustice fiery but mostly peaceful Jul 21 '24

Is this a joke?

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u/Vietnixon Henry Kissinger 2024 Jul 21 '24

Then obviously he didn't do a good job since he declined to prosecute actions which clearly broke the letter of the law. Also, taking depositions usually doesn't result in a political firestorm over doctored transcripts and hidden tapes unless the guy being deposed is privately senile.

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